pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
such; this sort of; like this
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
reigning; controlling; dictating
family; relatives; dependents; household
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to run through; to run past
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to be too late; to be too slow
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
life; living; I; me; student
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ancestor; forefather; foremother
sports ground; sports oval